Thomas - Thanks for the pointer. I don't follow AndroMDA as closely as I probably should (principally because they use forums instead of email). I'm surprised that AndroMDA is dropping UML 1.4 support. Doesn't seem like it will make for a very smooth transition. Matthias (AndroMDA project lead) talks about accepting "EMF XMI" for the new version of AndroMDA which also seems a little unusual. Hopefully he actually means "UML 2.x XMI (as implemented by EMF)." If they are using a proprietary metamodel layered directly on Eclipse's EMF, we're going to have a hard time producing models they can use. On the other hand, if they stick with the standards and accept UML 2.1+ models, then we should be able to produce native models that are acceptable to them when our UML 2.1.1 work is done. And, of course, we'll provide a migration path from UML 1.4 to UML 2.1.1. I think AndroMDA 4 is still a ways away from being useful for end users, but it is definitely worth watching. Tom
-----Original Message----- From: Neustupny Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [argouml-dev] next generation AndroMDA and ArgoUML Hi, this came before my eyes in the AndroMDA forum: (btw, why don't we have a forum, it's better than a mailing list?) http://galaxy.andromda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4705 <http://galaxy.andromda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4705&highlight=argouml> &highlight=argouml http://galaxy.andromda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4738 <http://galaxy.andromda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4738&highlight=argouml> &highlight=argouml It talks about how it could be made possible to work with MDR based UML tools, especially with ArgoUML, since AndroMDA 4 uses EMF. Background: AndroMDA 3.x is a MDA tool that need to closely work together with a UML modeling tool that supports Netbeans MDR as the model repository. The AndroMDA community prefers MagicDraw, but ArgoUML is among the tools that is well suited to use for AndroMDA. One big drawback behind MagicDraw is, that currently you cannot use ArgoUML to model cartridges (the modules that control the code generation, e.g. BPM4Struts or EJB), because of http://argouml.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4077. Also there's a problem (and a workaround) to load UML profiles for easier modeling, because of http://argouml.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3571 (but I consider this an AndroMDA issue how they build the profile). All this just for information. Regards, Thomas Neustupny *********************************************************************** Die Information in dieser email ist vertraulich und ist ausschliesslich fuer den/die benannten Adressaten bestimmt. Ein Zugriff auf diese email durch andere Personen als den/die benannten Adressaten ist nicht gestattet. Sollten Sie nicht der benannte Adressat sein, loeschen Sie bitte diese email. *********************************************************************** ARGE Informationssysteme in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung GmbH Paul-Klinger-Strasse 15, 45127 Essen Amtsgericht Essen HRB 11122 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Wolfgang Schmeinck Geschaeftsfuehrer: Frank Krause, Andreas Prenneis
